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but studying french with nine other than george to would be the prime minister of france. going one step further and nina went to college was up in poughkeepsie new york. the oldest, will, 17 was about to close out high-school at the prestigious seminary in east hampton and massachusetts. graduation was a few weeks away if he could make it without being expelled. he is charming, handsome and complete ambivalent about his education. even so scanner hoped he would go to yale. also libby, 14 at boarding school in new haven connecticut putter's school year just ended and she was home again. joe 11, of belle glade was eager for summer break. joe bought a baseball bat and a very young guests catherine only six on sold recently made her first appearance in public with the world delighting in her as she in it. skinner's train pulled into new haven before 6:00 departing passengers grabbed their bags for a throng of do face is come aboard looking for an available seat if they wanted to read with the light of day. then the train pulled into north hampton were skinner made his way to
but studying french with nine other than george to would be the prime minister of france. going one step further and nina went to college was up in poughkeepsie new york. the oldest, will, 17 was about to close out high-school at the prestigious seminary in east hampton and massachusetts. graduation was a few weeks away if he could make it without being expelled. he is charming, handsome and complete ambivalent about his education. even so scanner hoped he would go to yale. also libby, 14 at...
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an entire village from the french government in the northeast of france. it was a leading -- legal, binding document. and she rebuilt it after the war. the french were going to abandon this village. they considered it so hopelessly bombed by the germans. and belle came in, she took it on, and it exists to this day because of her. and she was this larger-than-life figure. you know, she called the president of france ray ray, she had nicknames for everyone, and she signed her letters with oceans of love, she wore this fabulous hats, and she was very handsome and had this extraordinary, commanding presence is and worked with the french government to rebuild their country. and i wondered as i began to look into her life what would compel this woman, then in her 50s leading a very comfortable life, to become so passionately involved in resurrecting a devastated village? >> well, rewind. when she was 7 years old, the village which she was born in, skinnerville, was destroyed in a flood and never rebuilt. so i began to research the flood as an inroad into belle s
an entire village from the french government in the northeast of france. it was a leading -- legal, binding document. and she rebuilt it after the war. the french were going to abandon this village. they considered it so hopelessly bombed by the germans. and belle came in, she took it on, and it exists to this day because of her. and she was this larger-than-life figure. you know, she called the president of france ray ray, she had nicknames for everyone, and she signed her letters with oceans...
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leigh it up to france. which is a country. apparently they say homework punishs the poor kids and helps the rich. dana will explain it next on five five. if you leigh now she will eat an entire beret. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: what is that lang snack >> dana: french, bob. what kids do not complaint about having too much homework, except for me because i loveed it and i would make up assignments for myself. >> dana: did you make your own homework? >> dana: i did. >> greg: there is something wrong with you. >> dana: many parents think homework have gotp out of control. the french president proposed homework banned for younger students. eric, bob, only two with children. good or bad idea? >> eric: want me to go first? >> bob: sure. >> eric: the second worst idea he has come up with. the first was a 75% tax on his people. this is the second worst idea. i will tell you, i am very proud of my son who is a high honor roll student who does homework every night. it study with him on tests. that's why the scores are up. you stop d
leigh it up to france. which is a country. apparently they say homework punishs the poor kids and helps the rich. dana will explain it next on five five. if you leigh now she will eat an entire beret. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: what is that lang snack >> dana: french, bob. what kids do not complaint about having too much homework, except for me because i loveed it and i would make up assignments for myself. >> dana: did you make your own homework? >> dana: i did....
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to it how will it react and that's a different historical situation from what existed in russia or france or england of the dickens time it'll be a question of the smashing of americans expectations for themselves for their children in a declining economic situation for most of them how will they understand it how will they make sense of it and what solutions will they finally support and when they do when they face this get out of the way change is going to happen in the united states fast and furiously well and apropos there richard and we just i just we just grabbed a couple other minute or two here and we can continue this conversation funny and fascinating the. i spent the holidays in portland with our kids and some of their friends and they're in their thirty's and i was astounded how many of these twenty eight twenty something thirty something even early forty something young people i was talking to or say i am forty thousand dollars in student loan debt some ninety thousand dollars in student loan debts one was one hundred fifteen thousand dollars i think anybody was under twenty
to it how will it react and that's a different historical situation from what existed in russia or france or england of the dickens time it'll be a question of the smashing of americans expectations for themselves for their children in a declining economic situation for most of them how will they understand it how will they make sense of it and what solutions will they finally support and when they do when they face this get out of the way change is going to happen in the united states fast and...
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jefferson was slow getting back to france. so hamilton took over many of the duties of the secretary of state and he didn't want to relinquish him. he liked power. >> other questions? go ahead. >> mr. unger, how young were you when you recognized it had an extraordinary aptitude to immerse yourself in the soul of your subjects and their society? [laughter] >> i think it was just this morning when you called me a tiered i'm not sure how to answer your question. i've been a journalist all my life and what i write today is nothing more than an extension of journalism. i don't really rate these books. i let the characters speak for themselves. i feel as if i'm interviewing them and let them tell their own stories. [inaudible] >> now, i played with my rubber ducky. >> what are you doing next? >> i'm working on development of the supreme court and john marshall and how he salvaged the supreme court from jefferson. it's really the story of what happened around the year 1800, which is a year turmoil in this country, were all these pri
jefferson was slow getting back to france. so hamilton took over many of the duties of the secretary of state and he didn't want to relinquish him. he liked power. >> other questions? go ahead. >> mr. unger, how young were you when you recognized it had an extraordinary aptitude to immerse yourself in the soul of your subjects and their society? [laughter] >> i think it was just this morning when you called me a tiered i'm not sure how to answer your question. i've been a...
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okay, then how does that account for rising income inequality in canada or, indeed, even in france, in germany, in the united kingdom? i mean, it's happening all over the world, it's also happening in emerging markets. but i think it is important to face that scary because if you see it just as a political phenomenon, you know, you're going to lose sight of what i think is the biggest challenge which is that these, actually, quite benign economic forces, right? i love the technology revolution, i'm a google addict. they're also drivers of social and political consequences which are not quite so benign. the way i like to look at it, and this is a quote from peter orszag, is, you know, how he sees it is he said, look, the big drivers are probably these economic forces, but the issue is that particularly in the united states the politics instead of trying to mitigate these very powerful economic forces has exacerbated them. so even as you have these economic forces creating much, much more concentration at the very top, you expect politics to sort of try to so much that blow. social insti
okay, then how does that account for rising income inequality in canada or, indeed, even in france, in germany, in the united kingdom? i mean, it's happening all over the world, it's also happening in emerging markets. but i think it is important to face that scary because if you see it just as a political phenomenon, you know, you're going to lose sight of what i think is the biggest challenge which is that these, actually, quite benign economic forces, right? i love the technology revolution,...
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they knew cleveland and frances. a few minutes later frances comes out of the front door and over -- grover cleveland follows throughout the her out the front door and sheepishly ways. frances was all dolled up and ready to go. campaign literature in the 1880s and 90s even had cleveland's -- next to frances. they were using the first lady to promote his campaign in the 1890s so she became one of the great first ladies. another interesting standalone history involves one of the most wild and interesting presidents and that is andrew jackson. now, jackson's wife, her name was rachel donaldson and when rachel donaldson was a young teenager her father was a colonel, settled what we now know today is knoxville, settled hennessee and colonel donaldson took a group of white settlers and half the territory out in the woods and fought indians in that sort of stuff. in the settlement, rachel, his daughter sort of became a debbie taunt, the daughter of the most prominent man in the tennessee region. young rachel is a bit contro
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that is the spot we are and just like julius caesar's rome or napoleon's france, alexander the great mesopotamia. it is a progressive thing every society seems to go through. it goes from civilize to being uncivilized. host: beyond the disrespect you feel that you got as a kid to -- from the kids, what did you think about the security at the school? did you feel safe from perhaps an attack from the outside? caller: they had the doors locked. you had to ring a bell before you came in. if anybody wants to get into one of the schools and they come in with weapons, these military type equipment, there is no door that will stop them anyway. they can shoot the locks right off the door and they will be into the school within seconds. once somebody is going to do something like that that has their mind set on it, to stop it is next to impossible. there is no way of forcing it. i wish there was, but it is like terrorism. when somebody wants to create an act of terrorism, there is basically no way of stopping them. host: we will move on to joy in california. caller: good morning first. i would
that is the spot we are and just like julius caesar's rome or napoleon's france, alexander the great mesopotamia. it is a progressive thing every society seems to go through. it goes from civilize to being uncivilized. host: beyond the disrespect you feel that you got as a kid to -- from the kids, what did you think about the security at the school? did you feel safe from perhaps an attack from the outside? caller: they had the doors locked. you had to ring a bell before you came in. if anybody...
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france, at the time, claimed all of canada, the lands around the great lakes, the lands around, on either side of the ohio and mississippi river valleys, down to the gulf of mexico. in 1753, the governor of virginia sent a young major named george washington, and most americans don't know this story. the governor of virginia sent 21-year-old major george washington to fort ducane, a french fort that sat on the site of present day pittsburgh, before the steelerrings -- steelers started playing football there. washington ordered french to leave. french refused. in the following spring, washington returned with troops and attacked. again, most americans don't know the story, but washington fired the first shot in what became the world's first true world war. his attack on the french in the western pennsylvania wilderness grew into a global conflict lasting seven years, involve england, franch, austria, russia, prussia, and dozen other nations fighting for control over colonies in north america, africa, asia, and the seas in between. the seven years war changed the map of the world shifting n
france, at the time, claimed all of canada, the lands around the great lakes, the lands around, on either side of the ohio and mississippi river valleys, down to the gulf of mexico. in 1753, the governor of virginia sent a young major named george washington, and most americans don't know this story. the governor of virginia sent 21-year-old major george washington to fort ducane, a french fort that sat on the site of present day pittsburgh, before the steelerrings -- steelers started playing...
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but france was not much of a presence. that is why the french were so anxious to cause trouble for the british and help the colonies by sending the money and ammunition. essentially, the french were not a force in north america at that time. >> you point up the from the six first presence we had, four of them were from virginia. >> those were the important states at that time. when i say that the four important ones were massachusetts, connecticut was more important for on strategic reasons, and virginia and south carolina in the south. but virginia was the old dominion and had the big population, vary widely respected. enormous influence in terms of territory because west for geneva was then in virginia, so was ky. they claimed the entire great lakes. and they were the oldest colony, dating back to 16 07. so they had a long history of being involved in things. the house of burgesses was probably the most advanced in colonial legislative bodies. >> so you have lived in new york city. un to colgate, which is upstate new yor
but france was not much of a presence. that is why the french were so anxious to cause trouble for the british and help the colonies by sending the money and ammunition. essentially, the french were not a force in north america at that time. >> you point up the from the six first presence we had, four of them were from virginia. >> those were the important states at that time. when i say that the four important ones were massachusetts, connecticut was more important for on strategic...
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they're saying that the have to label them they're actually banned in several european countries in france for example we believe the u.k. germany germany i mean they're labeled every place else erica i think and i think it is a broader conversation about nutrition and the role it plays and our obligation to feed our fellow mankind but also to responsibly you know farm there are major implications with climate change when water fertilizers and fundamentally the art of farming and the job has changed and so i think this kind of tries to zero in on the kind of mass industry farming for people. i think that they're getting a type of food and they're actually not that you know the the larger conglomerate mega farms have actually changed food and that's something that's been happening for a long time we don't have the bio diversity that we used to there used to be you know hundreds of different types of tomatoes and potatoes and string beans and now it's all kind of changing it's not necessarily healthy but we do have a problem where what do we do with climate change in areas where we're sudden
they're saying that the have to label them they're actually banned in several european countries in france for example we believe the u.k. germany germany i mean they're labeled every place else erica i think and i think it is a broader conversation about nutrition and the role it plays and our obligation to feed our fellow mankind but also to responsibly you know farm there are major implications with climate change when water fertilizers and fundamentally the art of farming and the job has...
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there were a lot, a number of french people living in canada and great lakes area, but france was not much of a presence. they had been pushed out here that's what the french were so anxious to cause trouble for the british and to help the colonies by sending the money and ammunition. essentially, the french were not a force in north america at that time. >> you pointed out that among the six first president's, four from virginia and two from massachusetts. why was that? >> because those were the importance states at that time. they had been the. importance the when i say and the four importance once or massachusetts and connecticut, connecticut was more important for strategic reasons. virginia and south carolina in the south. virginia was the old dominion and had a big population, vary widely respected, enormous influence in terms of territory, because west virginia was expanding, so was conducted. they claimed the entire great lakes. and they were the oldest colony. they dated back to 1607, so they had a long history of being involved in things. the house of burgesses was probably
there were a lot, a number of french people living in canada and great lakes area, but france was not much of a presence. they had been pushed out here that's what the french were so anxious to cause trouble for the british and to help the colonies by sending the money and ammunition. essentially, the french were not a force in north america at that time. >> you pointed out that among the six first president's, four from virginia and two from massachusetts. why was that? >> because...
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there were hundreds like fronts was that this charity event a recent poll concerning poverty in france produced some shocking figures. we wanted to ask the french if they felt poor folk they were heading that way only eleven percent of the french consider themselves being below the poverty line but thirty seven percent say they feel they are becoming poor the french feel that their country is slipping into decadence and social stratification is taking place . christmas is many things to many people some of the atmosphere or make you healthy you wrote for others it's about finding a means of survival regardless of the financial state although that next year will be better than the previous and who knows maybe those in peril now may join those enjoying the spectacular eliminations come next christmas looks the rush of ski reporting from paris. there is a man who lets no one off the hook for cultivating the gap between rich and poor his was coming up later twelve thirty pm g.m.t. . stranger to exploitation of colonisation they've been ignored and they have developed some interesting produ
there were hundreds like fronts was that this charity event a recent poll concerning poverty in france produced some shocking figures. we wanted to ask the french if they felt poor folk they were heading that way only eleven percent of the french consider themselves being below the poverty line but thirty seven percent say they feel they are becoming poor the french feel that their country is slipping into decadence and social stratification is taking place . christmas is many things to many...
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but they were not in england ready to go back to france. the canadians paid in hong kong and australian and british in singapore. so after dunkirk here was a country like a boxer is down on one knee and the ref is about to call in a day. host: when did the blitz of london occur? . this is actually part of the battle of britain. the air battle, the hollywood battle of spitfires and everything began in bid july, july 10 officially. host: of 1940. guest: of 1940. that is when the invasion scare began. the germans were soften up for the final blow which churchill never believed was coming. never for a minute did he believe the germans would invade. but he had to pursue the invasion scare tactic in order to build up his armies and get more planes and get equipment from the u.s., which was dragging its feet. the final plan, the german plan, would be to soften air bases then in lit august or september crush the remnants of the r.a.f. it was a good plan but it wasn't working and goring got hitler's permission to bomb the ports. bombing was so ineff
but they were not in england ready to go back to france. the canadians paid in hong kong and australian and british in singapore. so after dunkirk here was a country like a boxer is down on one knee and the ref is about to call in a day. host: when did the blitz of london occur? . this is actually part of the battle of britain. the air battle, the hollywood battle of spitfires and everything began in bid july, july 10 officially. host: of 1940. guest: of 1940. that is when the invasion scare...
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over that king of the carbs the french fry both belgium and france claim it's their invention head on line to see who's most convincing. one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year if the government and the opposition don't start talking a chilling prediction came from the un's international peace envoy brahimi also warned that the country would become a failed state ruled by warlords unless diplomacy is given a chance is proposed peace plan involves forming a transitional government based on agreement between authorities and the rebels but the opposition is dismissing the initiative saying one cease fire or join any talks and this president assad goes mohammed a member of the dung of organization believes the rebels position is being instigated from abroad. what should be mixed is a wide dialogue between all syrians but as we see the superpowers in the world through the pressure of the opposition dialogue and this mean more and more arms or it's getting the opposition have a big arsenal. that we have gone there for a long while and it's been the after the a
over that king of the carbs the french fry both belgium and france claim it's their invention head on line to see who's most convincing. one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year if the government and the opposition don't start talking a chilling prediction came from the un's international peace envoy brahimi also warned that the country would become a failed state ruled by warlords unless diplomacy is given a chance is proposed peace plan involves forming a...
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english channel there's a rather over that king of the carbs the french fry both belgium and france claim it's their invention head on line to see who's most convincing. and one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year and if the government and the opposition don't start talking the prediction that came from the un's international peace envoy lakhdar brahimi also warned that. the country would become a failed state ruled by warlords unless diplomacy is given the chance he's proposed a peace plan involves forming a transitional government based on agreement between authorities and the rebels the opposition is dismissing militia to sign the cease fire or join any talks and that's a person that goes mohamed a member of the syria dialogue organization believes the rebels position is being instigated from abroad. which is why dialogue between all syrians but as we see the superpowers in the world through the pressure of the opposition. i mean more and more it's getting violent people but if you have a big arsenal were over a large working as we have gone there for a l
english channel there's a rather over that king of the carbs the french fry both belgium and france claim it's their invention head on line to see who's most convincing. and one hundred thousand more people could die in syria over the next year and if the government and the opposition don't start talking the prediction that came from the un's international peace envoy lakhdar brahimi also warned that. the country would become a failed state ruled by warlords unless diplomacy is given the chance...
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it cost him his 7 tour de france titles. a jury son convicted jerry sandusky on 45 counts of child sex abuse and he was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. >>> devastation in the northeast as superstorm sandy slam inside the coast. it caused the heaviest damage in parts of new york and new jersey. it caused a gas shortage that led to long lines and rationing. >> president obama won a second term in office. >> we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america! >>> while republicans retained control of the house and democrats kept their majority in the senate. >>> and just days after the election, a scandal hit washington. the cia director, the retired general day rid petraeus resigned after admitting he had an affair with his biographer. >>> a man murdered 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in newtown connecticut. he killed his own mother before the shooting spree and later killed himself at the school. >> you are not alone in your gri
it cost him his 7 tour de france titles. a jury son convicted jerry sandusky on 45 counts of child sex abuse and he was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. >>> devastation in the northeast as superstorm sandy slam inside the coast. it caused the heaviest damage in parts of new york and new jersey. it caused a gas shortage that led to long lines and rationing. >> president obama won a second term in office. >> we remain more than a collection of red states and blue...
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his seven tour de france titles were always improbable but the man worked hard. he dealt with the rumors of juicing over the years to the point there was a nike commercial in which he said people ask me what i'm on he says i'm on my bike six hour as day, what are you on. turns out he was on something. 11 of his teammates ultimately testified against him. he stepped down. the message to kids on biking is ride clean, boys and girls. >> top tweet of the year. >> there are billions. >> what a fun job to go through all the tweets. >> on election night president obama sent out three tweets. two of them actually had b.o. at the end which is the indicator that they were really sent by him, by the presidential fingers and the first two got a couple hundred thousand retweets each but the one that blew the doors off was four more years and it was that picture of the president and michelle in a deeply meaningful embrace. the funny thing is it was outdoors summertime picture clearly not a fresh shot from election night. didn't matter. it captured the love between the two and
his seven tour de france titles were always improbable but the man worked hard. he dealt with the rumors of juicing over the years to the point there was a nike commercial in which he said people ask me what i'm on he says i'm on my bike six hour as day, what are you on. turns out he was on something. 11 of his teammates ultimately testified against him. he stepped down. the message to kids on biking is ride clean, boys and girls. >> top tweet of the year. >> there are billions....
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ambassador to the uk or france. do you believe that report? it's our gut check. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumblr page. you'll see behind the scene pictures and we got this picture of wynton march sal less yesterday in the house. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. yeah, the cisco ucsc series server, with the intel xeon processors, help us scale smoothly, like a perfect golf swing. how was it before? clunky and full of unnecessary impediments. like charles' swing. i heard that. trust duracell to power their donated toys? duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold sy
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this move and france and england have said there is an appetite to disapprove of israel right now. what's happening to the tense situation there? >> the israeli response of calling for a settlement construction is a response that's viewed negatively across the international community by the united states as well as in many parts of israel itself. so it's a move intended to play to the base of benjamin netanyahu's core constituency. it doesn't help build confidence in a diplomatic process. this reiterates why the united states does need to be involved and engaged in resolving this issue. both side right now are using international pressure points to try to make their arguments and really are stuck in a stalemate. >> joel rubin. great to have you here. thank you, sir. of course the big breaking news we told you earlier from england. prince william and kate are expecting their first baby april a future heir to the throne. we'll bring you the details next. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments.
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frances coe, nbc news. >>> undoubtedly this will be a tough christmas for many of those still suffering after hurricane sandy, but some of that pain has been relieved by a group called train of hope. they know what a big difference a helping hand can make. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: at the amtrak station in new orleans volunteers from nearby swidell hard hit by katrina are organizing packing up pallets of diapers, shoes, blankets. the second run of donations for hurricane sandy victims. residents and firefighters here paying it forward. >> specifically we were focused on trying to make it better for the kids up there. >> reporter: in addition to basic supplies, this so-called train of hope will be filled with holiday toys all bound for sandy's smallest victims. 30 hours later the train rolls into newark, new jersey's, penn station. 27 pallets in all. half the toys go to the marine's toys for tots program, the rest end up here at engine 155 ladder 78 in staten island. >> looks like our own version of the polar express. >> children of firefighters, kids who lost everyth
frances coe, nbc news. >>> undoubtedly this will be a tough christmas for many of those still suffering after hurricane sandy, but some of that pain has been relieved by a group called train of hope. they know what a big difference a helping hand can make. nbc's michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: at the amtrak station in new orleans volunteers from nearby swidell hard hit by katrina are organizing packing up pallets of diapers, shoes, blankets. the second run of donations...
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well, france has a luxury tax of 75%. fighting a renouncing it is unconstitutional. i guess if we're going to go off the cliff, we will go off the cliff. the pen is mightier than the sword. the people that put us there, get rid of them. as all i can say. host: do you think going to a luxury tax would be the way to go? caller: i think so. the comparative luxury tax on the big yachts on the water down in florida. -- they can put a luxury tax on the yachts on the water in florida. guest: i think it is useful to step back. what happens if we go over the fiscal cliffs or even we get the type of deal that the president is looking for? what we are talking about is the top individual income-tax rate rising from 35% to 39.6%. that was the same texture that we had before 2001. -- that is the same tax rate that we had before 2001. we do not need to be up at the 75% level. i would not advocate that we go to the 75% level. that is not really where we are. that is not where we need to be. host: we hae a tweet. guest: the payroll tax is basically a fixed percent, at 2% of income. i
well, france has a luxury tax of 75%. fighting a renouncing it is unconstitutional. i guess if we're going to go off the cliff, we will go off the cliff. the pen is mightier than the sword. the people that put us there, get rid of them. as all i can say. host: do you think going to a luxury tax would be the way to go? caller: i think so. the comparative luxury tax on the big yachts on the water down in florida. -- they can put a luxury tax on the yachts on the water in florida. guest: i think...
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. >> try this one, gerard depardieu is leaving france over higher taxes while he's willing to let go of his passport not going to give you up the frommage, that would be the cheese. ♪ >> gerard depardieu is leaving france and moving to belgium, but he's taking cheese with him. yep, he was spotted in a paris cheese shop yesterday and depardieu moving to anew high-- avoid new higher taxes in france. . >> and i love he's had a quintuple bypass and he's buying cheese. stuart: wait a minute, i didn't know he had a quinn ttuple bypa. >> and someone exercises their rights as a citizenship and avoids higher taxes and i say it [speaking french] . stuart: i any comment, charles. charles: he paid 145 million euros in taxes. 145 million euros in taxes and amazing. >> over 45 years. stuart: wow. charles: and i mean, this is a job creator that they're chasing out this have country and by the way, you know what else is going on, and the children of the rich are shipped out. even the rich in spain, the children all of them are saying to their kids study and live abroad. their foundation for the fu
. >> try this one, gerard depardieu is leaving france over higher taxes while he's willing to let go of his passport not going to give you up the frommage, that would be the cheese. ♪ >> gerard depardieu is leaving france and moving to belgium, but he's taking cheese with him. yep, he was spotted in a paris cheese shop yesterday and depardieu moving to anew high-- avoid new higher taxes in france. . >> and i love he's had a quintuple bypass and he's buying cheese. stuart:...
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jennifer: let me ask you about this, the name now potentially as someone who could be ambassador to france or england, is that someone who has been a supporter of the president. >> the sexyiest ambassador in history. let's have it. >> i think the devil would be awesome to have diplomatic immunity. >> jennifer: thank you so much for joining me inside "the war room." >> thanks, governor. >> jennifer: you bet. we'll tell you who the republicans are blaming for their losses in the 2012 election, and yes, you will laugh. we'll be right back. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> jennifer: it has been so fun watching the g.o.p. implod
jennifer: let me ask you about this, the name now potentially as someone who could be ambassador to france or england, is that someone who has been a supporter of the president. >> the sexyiest ambassador in history. let's have it. >> i think the devil would be awesome to have diplomatic immunity. >> jennifer: thank you so much for joining me inside "the war room." >> thanks, governor. >> jennifer: you bet. we'll tell you who the republicans are blaming...
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the country's president has asked france and the u.s. to help stop rebel advances that thre threaten. >>> the jockeying has begun. massachusetts congressman ed markey throwing his hat into the ring. kerry's seat expected to become vacant if he goes on to become secretary of state and that is expected. a special election would be held early this summer. >> mom and pop shops across the country are bracing for a labor fight that could cripple their business. more on the key workers that could walk off the job. >>> plus, dr. mcdreamy to the rescue. patrick dempsey steps in to try and save hundreds of jobs. we'll tell you how. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health fo
the country's president has asked france and the u.s. to help stop rebel advances that thre threaten. >>> the jockeying has begun. massachusetts congressman ed markey throwing his hat into the ring. kerry's seat expected to become vacant if he goes on to become secretary of state and that is expected. a special election would be held early this summer. >> mom and pop shops across the country are bracing for a labor fight that could cripple their business. more on the key workers...
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there are no fresh millionaires in france. all the fresh millionaires around the world are coming from moscow, beijing, all around the world where they are not taxing people to death and dissuading them from starting businesses. what happens to the reagan model? lower taxes -- it's pretty simple. if someone gets a thousand bucks, he can go out and spend it, people get the money and put it in circulation. if the government gets 500, you are going to keep the 500. no money circulates. bring down tax rates. let people keep more of what they make. they will spend it and have a vibrant economy. >> you have to cut entitlements. stuart: obama will do anything but cut entitlements. >> i think he will cut entitlements. i think he is loading this as one of his last passions in negotiations. i think entitlements will be cut. charles: i doubt it. it's going to be such -- stuart: it will be a phony cut. if it's a cut, it will be a phony cut. >> it has to be in the delivery system. people on entitlements in country have become generational.
there are no fresh millionaires in france. all the fresh millionaires around the world are coming from moscow, beijing, all around the world where they are not taxing people to death and dissuading them from starting businesses. what happens to the reagan model? lower taxes -- it's pretty simple. if someone gets a thousand bucks, he can go out and spend it, people get the money and put it in circulation. if the government gets 500, you are going to keep the 500. no money circulates. bring down...
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a new report says champagne sales in france are down nearly 5% from last year. despite the weak sales, france still consumed the most to give more than 170 million bottles in the last year alone. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ with fidelity's new options platform, we've completely integrated every step of the process, to get a list of equ. evaluate them with our p&l calculator... and execute faster with our more intuitive trade ticket. i'm greg stevens and i helped create fidelity's options platform. it one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. dagen: pending home sales rising in november for a third straight month. now running at the highest level we have seen in two and a half years. will that continue? joining me now is anthony sanders. we have seen it all week and all the numbers lately. can it continue as we watch this fight go on down in defeat? >> the good news is, i think it can continue. just superlow interest rates will be
a new report says champagne sales in france are down nearly 5% from last year. despite the weak sales, france still consumed the most to give more than 170 million bottles in the last year alone. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ with fidelity's new options platform, we've completely integrated every step of the process, to get a list of equ. evaluate them with our p&l calculator... and execute faster with our more intuitive trade ticket....
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higher than any of the developed country in the world working with countries like england like germany france and cetera we're talking about this but we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and it's more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any trial and it would have this problem in the first place so it's a false statement to make that this is going to stop we actually are more people. in the response. to print court decision time two thousand and five waited five point five us to have a rock versus give dollars date that the police have no legal obligation to provide protection all the connecticut shooting of the police showed up twenty minutes after they boarded and upon making visual contact that's one issue to decide to and that's why you know. the thing about it is we're getting doc and. all these murders that occurred i got with the criminal for getting a lot of the criminals got on the black market we know the government has done a poor job by putting guns and i have a cartel
higher than any of the developed country in the world working with countries like england like germany france and cetera we're talking about this but we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and it's more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any trial and it would have this problem in the first place so it's a false statement to make that this is going to stop we actually are more people....
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no word on what doom sayers camped out at this mountain in france are doing today. they have been there for days believing that when the end of the world came a ufo would come to the mountain and rescue them. >>> got milk? you could be in for a major shock. mandy is here with what's moving your money. prices, i saw this headline and couldn't believe it. 6 to $8 a gallon? >> it is unbelievable. that is if congress does not pass a new farm bill, chris, that amends farm policy that dates back to the truman presidency. obviously this has been kind of lost in that brouhaha of what's going on between the obama administration and republicans over the fiscal cliff and the budget wranglings, and there is believe it or not an impasse over a farm bill that covers billions in agricultural programs and without last minute action they would have to follow a 1949 farm law that would force washington to buy milk at wildly inflated prices which therefore means we would have to pay the wildly inflated prices as well when we go to buy milk at the supermarket. now it costs an average a
no word on what doom sayers camped out at this mountain in france are doing today. they have been there for days believing that when the end of the world came a ufo would come to the mountain and rescue them. >>> got milk? you could be in for a major shock. mandy is here with what's moving your money. prices, i saw this headline and couldn't believe it. 6 to $8 a gallon? >> it is unbelievable. that is if congress does not pass a new farm bill, chris, that amends farm policy that...
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you can't go to belgium, france. you can't go to mexico and work without a work permit. and we're afraid to even have one. your thought, blake. why don't we even have the basic requirement of a work requirement -- of a work permit? >> actually, i agree with david in the sense that i think the election was actually a clarifying moment here. i'm not one to often say that oh, there were huge policy implications but -- >> got to go. >> from an election. but i agree with david that in this case it was clear there's got to be movement on this. >> i hope so. i really do. thank you, david winston. great guests. thank you, blake, same with you. we're watching "hardball" right now, the place for politics. >>> let me finish tonight with this. i have high hopes for president obama's second term. i have low hopes for the republican opposition in congress. i have rising hopes for the old reasonable republican party out there in real world, the party that resides in the eastern big states and actually deals with the real work of being big state governor, for example. so here we go. we'
you can't go to belgium, france. you can't go to mexico and work without a work permit. and we're afraid to even have one. your thought, blake. why don't we even have the basic requirement of a work requirement -- of a work permit? >> actually, i agree with david in the sense that i think the election was actually a clarifying moment here. i'm not one to often say that oh, there were huge policy implications but -- >> got to go. >> from an election. but i agree with david that...
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of the game to make it to a crucial point in the first day of the war that we were invaded from both france and in washington sent a telegram to the embassies, which is not far away and i might telegram there was a message from kissinger, secretary of the state department, telling us the israelis, wait. hold your horses. do not take action because kissinger is going to move on with provided doctors. when the telegram was sent from the state department to the embassy during yom kippur, the egyptian and syrian armies were already on their way to destroy the jewish state. that is an example of a mistake because the leader at the time, she was afraid to take a preemptive attack. she was afraid to hold the reserve because she said i don't know what will be the reaction in washington. and dr. kissinger was very strong. nixon was going down, he was going up and she was afraid from his reaction. because of her approach, we almost lost the world. that is why today we do with the issue of iran, we have to take the decision which is good for israel. maybe it will not be popular in the u.n. for sure. e
of the game to make it to a crucial point in the first day of the war that we were invaded from both france and in washington sent a telegram to the embassies, which is not far away and i might telegram there was a message from kissinger, secretary of the state department, telling us the israelis, wait. hold your horses. do not take action because kissinger is going to move on with provided doctors. when the telegram was sent from the state department to the embassy during yom kippur, the...
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in france, they are on the march, targeting those who want to preserve their definition of traditional marriage. [ chanting ] [ sounds of struggle ] >> well, obviously those weren't real nuns. so is this where we are headed in bill recently posed a question to the barack in a hard place duo, alan combs and monica crawley. >> i say absolutely, it's not just recent, this stuff has been happening for decades. we saw them occupy wall street, van jones, code paint during the iraq war. this is the left. these are the radicals, the left. this happens all across western societies and it's got one objective which is disruption. it's all about tearing down and destroying to they can turn around and rebuild their far left marxist utopias. >> isn't there a difference between an anti-war movement, which is fairly intense, and gay marriage? these are the people right now who, look at the difference. the people who want traditional marriage, combs, are peaceful and they are they've signs, they're trying to get their point ak as kron -- point across and these are the people who disagree. >> it's actua
in france, they are on the march, targeting those who want to preserve their definition of traditional marriage. [ chanting ] [ sounds of struggle ] >> well, obviously those weren't real nuns. so is this where we are headed in bill recently posed a question to the barack in a hard place duo, alan combs and monica crawley. >> i say absolutely, it's not just recent, this stuff has been happening for decades. we saw them occupy wall street, van jones, code paint during the iraq war....
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antidoping agency throughout the seven tour de france titles and banned him from cycling. despite overwhelming evident, armstrong maintains he did not use performance-enhancing drugs. john edwards walked after federal prosecutors failed to convince a jury the former presidential candidate misused campaign donations to hide his mistress. the last of nasa's fleet of space shuttles arrived at museums around the country. >> and launch. >> reporter: while the first privately built spacecraft delivered supplies to the international space station. >> touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. >> reporter: the curiosity rover landed on mars, beaming back pictures of the red planet and felix baumgartner became a human missile as he broke the speed of sound during the fastest and highest freefall ever. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> looking ahead to next year, mcafee labs expecting hacking on mobile devices now to expand in the coming year. the santa clara-based company is worried about so-called ransomware. that is the type of virus that thalocks up a phone or tablet and t
antidoping agency throughout the seven tour de france titles and banned him from cycling. despite overwhelming evident, armstrong maintains he did not use performance-enhancing drugs. john edwards walked after federal prosecutors failed to convince a jury the former presidential candidate misused campaign donations to hide his mistress. the last of nasa's fleet of space shuttles arrived at museums around the country. >> and launch. >> reporter: while the first privately built...
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france shared fourth place. still, there were no italian places on the top ten places of the most instagrammed places in the world. yet the top two places most snapped and shared on instagram may surprise you. they were the shopping mall in bangkok, thailand, and that city's suvar nabumi airport. we asked where are you headed this year? italy, bangkok? john says i would like to travel to rome and check out the art and buildings there. and someone else is interested in architecture. jeff tweets in to say st. petersburg would be a great trip. i always wanted to see the gold room. gene, though, is more interested in culinary delights. he says food and wine, travel to brazil, yucatan, mexico, chile and france. if you want to join in on the conversation, e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. tweet us, @cnbcwex. >> the food always tests better if you're eating it in a local original place. >> it also doesn't have calories if you do it that way. >> no, it doesn't count. sitting in tuscany enjoying an italian dish, that might
france shared fourth place. still, there were no italian places on the top ten places of the most instagrammed places in the world. yet the top two places most snapped and shared on instagram may surprise you. they were the shopping mall in bangkok, thailand, and that city's suvar nabumi airport. we asked where are you headed this year? italy, bangkok? john says i would like to travel to rome and check out the art and buildings there. and someone else is interested in architecture. jeff tweets...
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in france the secular progressives are on the march targeting those who want to preserve their definition of traditional marriage. [chanting] [shouting] >> greg: obviously those weren't real nuns. is this where we are headed. bill obviously placed the question to the monica crowley and alan colmes. >> it's not just recent this stuff has been happening for decades. we saw bill ayers the entire counter cultural movement occupy wall street. van jonsz, code pink during the iraq war. this is the left. what you are seeing these are the radicals on the left. this happens all across western societies. they have one objective, bill which is disruption. it's all about tearing down and destroying so they can turn around and rebuild far left utopias. >> bill: isn't there difference between antiwar movement which is fairly intense and gay marriage? these are the people right now who -- look at the difference. the people who want traditional marriage, colmes, are peaceful think have their signs and trying to get their points across and they disagree. why can't they be peaceful too. >> this demonstratio
in france the secular progressives are on the march targeting those who want to preserve their definition of traditional marriage. [chanting] [shouting] >> greg: obviously those weren't real nuns. is this where we are headed. bill obviously placed the question to the monica crowley and alan colmes. >> it's not just recent this stuff has been happening for decades. we saw bill ayers the entire counter cultural movement occupy wall street. van jonsz, code pink during the iraq war....
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she came to the attention of a priest that was the spiritual refugee from france. when he encountered hurt he saw this incredible spirituality that was unexpressed that he could drop out of her to allow her deep devotion to jesus christ to heal his own spiritual battle. there was a confluence there that i think is a love story of a high-level that we could not appreciate. they had a union they circled each other and they observe each other. she died at the age of 24 immediately after her body was transfigured. she has already passed away and was a recluse with only a couple of the male friends. they started securing. they burned some of her garments to have a tea out of it to and the miracles kept up through the 1760s when the english came to take canada from the french and then it ceased. payback in the 1840's. they discovered her and they got irked manuscripts from the archives. and she started to affect more cures. what prompted the pope to canonize hurt is in the state of washington -- fell down and hit his lip balm the pedestal and was afflicted with the flesh
she came to the attention of a priest that was the spiritual refugee from france. when he encountered hurt he saw this incredible spirituality that was unexpressed that he could drop out of her to allow her deep devotion to jesus christ to heal his own spiritual battle. there was a confluence there that i think is a love story of a high-level that we could not appreciate. they had a union they circled each other and they observe each other. she died at the age of 24 immediately after her body...
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tokyo, australia, france. i was amazed when i came to work here how many people from other countries come to visit our little town. >> and their little town's population has now blossomed to 60 residents. as clean tech job seekers stream into the area. >> it's terrific for me because it's sort of like i'm realizing my dream and doing something i really like doing that is turning into a business success. >> growman says he has more plans for town more solar panels. anything to get people within ecofriendly mind set to stop on by. harris back to you. >> harris: he has us talking about him so there you go. >> that's right. >> harris: anita, thank you. >> a warehouse filled with fireworks explodes killing one person and dozens of other person are hurt. it's our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. nigeria. it led to a massive fire in the country's largest city and their windows shook in homes files away. crews navigated through crowds. fireworks kept going off an hour after the initial explosion. som
tokyo, australia, france. i was amazed when i came to work here how many people from other countries come to visit our little town. >> and their little town's population has now blossomed to 60 residents. as clean tech job seekers stream into the area. >> it's terrific for me because it's sort of like i'm realizing my dream and doing something i really like doing that is turning into a business success. >> growman says he has more plans for town more solar panels. anything to...
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sabryna naps journal when she went to cooking school in france. i don't know if he is the main guy we want out there right now. i stay out of the way. yes, sir, mr. president. no, sir, mr. president. may i have another, mr. president? a little animal house alit ration there. i don't know what's going -- on i'm bored by it i hope they get some kind of deal. this is an interesting deal. best places in which to be born. not to live. just to be born. >> all right. >> okay? >> all right. >> this comes from the economists intelligence unit there they are: no mention of the u.s.a. we are 16. so let's take the top three. switzerland, australia, norway. hey. miller? >> and they're all the same to me. one has got the alps in the middle. one has got a big rock in the middle. all these places that are cold, i don't want to be the mayor of a hamlet in lap land. knock i could care less. sweden, are you kidding me? incorporate march bergman was an optimist. he saw thed me cup half full. they comp everything over there. even your state run funeral after you off y
sabryna naps journal when she went to cooking school in france. i don't know if he is the main guy we want out there right now. i stay out of the way. yes, sir, mr. president. no, sir, mr. president. may i have another, mr. president? a little animal house alit ration there. i don't know what's going -- on i'm bored by it i hope they get some kind of deal. this is an interesting deal. best places in which to be born. not to live. just to be born. >> all right. >> okay? >> all...
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you can't go to belgium, france. you can't go to mexico and work without a work permit. and we're afraid to even have one. your thought, blake. why don't we even have the basic requirement of a work requirement -- of a work permit? >> actually, i agree with david in the sense that i think the election was actually a clarifying moment here. i'm not one to often say that oh, there were huge policy implications but -- >> got to go. >> from an election. but i agree with david that in this case it was clear there's got to be movement on this. >> i hope so. i really do. thank you, david winston. great guests. thank you, blake, same with you. we're watching "hardball" right now, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like
you can't go to belgium, france. you can't go to mexico and work without a work permit. and we're afraid to even have one. your thought, blake. why don't we even have the basic requirement of a work requirement -- of a work permit? >> actually, i agree with david in the sense that i think the election was actually a clarifying moment here. i'm not one to often say that oh, there were huge policy implications but -- >> got to go. >> from an election. but i agree with david that...
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i mean, i don't think germany's going to invade france any time soon or russia's going to invade poland. but yet we have a huge amount of deployed american forces in europe. i mean, maybe we need to have a discussion about whether or not we need that. whether or not we can afford that expense. whether or not that does anything to enhance our security. again, i want a military that is the best in the world, i want it to continue to be that way, i want it to be second to none. i want to make sure we have all that we need but i don't want to be investing in things we don't need. and when the joint chiefs of staff and when the secretary of defense and all the experts tell us that they don't need something and we here appropriate money to keep something going that is unnecessary, that is unwanted, at the same time while you're trying to cut the benefits of some poor old lady, her social security, there's something wrong with this equation. we got to start thinking about the security of people here in this country as well. and what we're going to do right after this is take up a rule that's g
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he wanted to get to france as soon as he could and so he volunteered to be in the ambulance service. what he did when he got to europe was rescue and pick up other dough boys in europe out of those trenches and get them behind, take them back behind american lines so that they could be taken care of their wounds and he also picked up many of our americans, 114,000 to be exact that died in the great world war i. he was allowed or was able to come back to america alive he made it through the war. although many, as i mentioned, did not. many americans when they came home from the great war over there, as cohen said, difed the new. they picked up in europe in fact many of them a great number of them depride the spanish flu, almost as many as died in europe itself. frank buckles then went to work and during his work, he went to the philippines. when he was in the philippines, the japanese invaded in world war ii. he was captured and put in a prisoner of war camp for three and a half years. he was about to be executed and the americans came and liberated the camp and he along with the othe
he wanted to get to france as soon as he could and so he volunteered to be in the ambulance service. what he did when he got to europe was rescue and pick up other dough boys in europe out of those trenches and get them behind, take them back behind american lines so that they could be taken care of their wounds and he also picked up many of our americans, 114,000 to be exact that died in the great world war i. he was allowed or was able to come back to america alive he made it through the war....
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joins britain, france and turkey in recognizing the syrian opposition. >>> hu go chavez is recovering from cancer surgery in cuba this morning. the operation lasted more than six hours and was completed correctly and successfully. this is the fourth cancer related surgery since summer of 2011. >>> at least four homes destroyed by a gas line explosion. this is just north of charleston, west virginia. a local station reporting five other homes were damaged, as well. that fire so intense it damaged apinterstate. several people were treated for smoke inhalation. west virginia's governor says no deaths have been reported. >>> so did you feel it? turns out we got a cosmic close shave. two asteroids buzzed earth, one passing inside the monday's orbit. in nasa says it came within 145,000 miles of our planet. that's pretty close. here's the cool part. it called an eclipse only visible to astronomers. this is the scary part. it was only discovered a couple days ago. there are apparently like thousands of these that come in and out, but had it hit earth, it could have caused damage of about 800
joins britain, france and turkey in recognizing the syrian opposition. >>> hu go chavez is recovering from cancer surgery in cuba this morning. the operation lasted more than six hours and was completed correctly and successfully. this is the fourth cancer related surgery since summer of 2011. >>> at least four homes destroyed by a gas line explosion. this is just north of charleston, west virginia. a local station reporting five other homes were damaged, as well. that fire so...
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we need to catch up to germany, france and japan. just heard this morning that japan is celebrating their 50th anniversary of their bullet train. we cannot allow china to surpass us in our next generation of infrastructure. tourists from across the world will visit our high-spieled rail to marvel at our engineering and technological prowess. this is not just about transportation, but about changing the revitalization along the cities and routes. in conclusion, it's clear that i support the high-speed rail in california. the federal program will help make it possible. what we need now is vision, what we need now is leadership, what we need now is a belief that the people of california and this country want us to invest in this type of transportation option. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back my time. >> thank you. i thank you both the members for joining us, and you're welcome now to join us be you'd like and stay for questions. we'll excuse you at this time as we bring secretary lahood up who's our next witness. our second panel,
we need to catch up to germany, france and japan. just heard this morning that japan is celebrating their 50th anniversary of their bullet train. we cannot allow china to surpass us in our next generation of infrastructure. tourists from across the world will visit our high-spieled rail to marvel at our engineering and technological prowess. this is not just about transportation, but about changing the revitalization along the cities and routes. in conclusion, it's clear that i support the...